Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

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Pomfret :: Pomfret (n.) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Chamfret :: Chamfret (n.) A chamfer.
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm..
Transfreight :: Transfreight (v. i.) To transfrete.
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..
Fret :: Fret (n.) See 1st Frith.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Affret :: Affret (n.) A furious onset or attack.
Grecque :: Grecque (n.) An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander..
Cross :: Cross (a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman..
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Corrosive :: Corrosive (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Splenetic :: Splenetic (a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Pet :: Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..
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